PennDOT offers free motorcycle safety program

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PennDOT is offering free motorcycle training. sessions.

PennDOT reminds residents that free Pennsylvania Motorcycle Safety Program training opportunities are available to motorcycle riders across the state. Prospective, experienced, and new Pennsylvania riders who have a motorcycle learner’s permit or motorcycle license can develop and refresh operator proficiency through these free training sessions. “All riders can benefit from the valuable skills and safety lessons learned through Pennsylvania’s free motorcycle safety clinics,” said PennDOT acting…

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Academic Achievement March 10

• Widener University named three Chadds Ford students to its fall 2022 dean's list. Those students are Cade Brennan, Nicholas DiCostanza, and Nathan Winnick. The dean's list recognizes full-time students who earned a grade point average of 3.50 and above for the semester. • Madison Jenkins of Chadds Ford was named to the University of Mississippi's Fall 2022 Honor Roll list. Jenkins was named to…

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U-CF OKs preliminary budget

Directors for the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District accepted the proposed preliminary budget for the next school year during their Feb. 13 work session. The vote was 7-0. The final budget will be voted on in June. As it stands currently, the budget anticipates revenue at slightly more than $109 million. That figure includes more than $8.5 million from the unreserved fund balance, $81.4 million from…

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Academic Achievement Feb. 10

• The University of Rhode Island announced that Tim Crane, of Chadds Ford, has been named to the school’s Fall 2022 Dean's List. To be included on the list, full-time students must have completed 12 or more credits for letter grades which are GPA applicable during a semester, and achieved at least a 3.30 quality point average. • Jenna Robertson, of Chadds Ford, earned dean's…

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A message from John Sanville

Shortly after 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 9, Superintendent of Schools John Sanville sent the following email: Dear UCF Community, Today we suffered an immeasurable loss when Unionville High School junior Seth Wagner was killed in a car accident shortly after leaving school.  We grieve with the Wagners, their family, friends, neighbors, and everyone who knew Seth. No words can adequately express the depths of sorrow…

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UCF students win DAR awards

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DAR History Essay Winners, from left, are Prisha Hallur, Lillianna Yates, Lucas Yates, and Suhan Neema.

The Chester County Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution named four Unionville-Chadds Ford School District students as winners of the organization's 2022 American History Essay Contest. The winning students are Lucas Yates, a 5th-grader at the Unionville-Chadds Ford Virtual Academy, Lillianna Yates, a 7th-grader at Charles F Patton Middle School, Prisha Hallur, an 8th-grader at Charles F. Patton Middle School, and Suhan Neema,…

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Academic Achievement Jan. 27

• Johnathan Fager of Chadds Ford earned Dean's List distinction from Avila University for the Fall 2022 semester. To be included on the list, students must have successfully completed at least 12 credit hours with at least a 3.5 grade point average for the semester. • Julianne Bukovacz and Matthew Pulcinella, both of Chadds Ford, were named to the Dean’s List of Commonwealth University-Bloomsburg. Bukovacz…

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DCCC, Muhlenberg reach agreement

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Delaware County Community College reaches a transfer agreement with Muhlenberg.

A new partnership provides a pathway for Delaware County Community College graduates of selected associate degree programs into Muhlenberg’s accelerated bachelor’s degree programs. The two schools reached the agreement on Dec. 2, it was announced today. It applies to DCCC students who graduate from specified programs with an associate in arts, associate in science, or associate in applied science degree. Admitted Muhlenberg students may earn…

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Academic Achievement Jan 20

• Emi Arai and Carter Karinshak, both of Chadds Ford, were named to the Lehigh University Dean’s List for fall 2022. Dean’s list status is granted to students who have a grade-point average of 3.6 or better while carrying at least 12 hours of regularly graded courses. • Jenna Schreiber, of Chadds Ford, was recently initiated into the West Chester University of Pennsylvania Circle of…

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